Puppy Mill Greeting Card?????!!!!!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

I saw this today while visiting an on-line card company. This is the front of a card for Labradoodles...

 

I know what my reaction was...what's yours???

 

 

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Thanks for that clarification. I wasn't sure whether they were just the printer or also responsible for design.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Most companies are in business to make a profit and DO want to know what people think of their products and why they are not purchasing them. If you only protest by not buying then the company will never be aware of it. On the other hand if you do not purchase and tell them WHY, I believe it has more potential to have an impact.

You made a comparison to Amazon and you might be aware that the HSUS has been calling for members to boycott Amazon for years now due to the fact that they continue to allow dog fighting magazines and paraphernalia to be sold on the site. They ask members to stop using Amazon AND send Amazon an email explaining why. So I think the "explaining why" is important. Just as Amazon has control over what is sold on their site I would think that Cafe Press would also have some voice in that matter on theirs.

[Adina P]

I wasn't implying that my not buying it was a protest. Merely that I don't have to buy it.It's the direct seller of those cards that isn't making money because I'm not sure anyone is buying those cards at all. I doubt they are raking in any money but it doesn't cost Cafe Press to host them so they probably don't care. I am big on letting people believe and express whatever opinions they feel like expressing regardless of how I feel about it. That's not to say that private organizations shouldn't be permitted to limit what they allow...just that it's not my business unless the action violates someone else's freedom. If someone wants to put out/sell things the content of which offends me, I think they should be able to sell it if they wish. Breeding at all offends some people deeply. There are conservative, religious people offended by things that are accepted by many. AND on and on. Personally I have NO idea the precise message this 'card' is trying to express and I doubt it is a major influence in the world of dogs...I'd just let it be. Protest often is better marketing for 'offensive' things than anything the maker can advertise.

[Adina P]

For example...(and this is an issue that was hard for me to be as cool about) recently there was controversy about Amazon allowing a seller to sell books about pedophelia (sick and wrong). Emails were passed around, people wrote amazon, it was everywhere. This was a book practically nobody knew about. But BECAUSE of the massive viral spread of protest this sick man sold exponentially more books than he would have. Gross and sick topic that got huge attention and did better commercially because of it. Amazon finally pulled it due to protest. For me some random person selling this 'card' is so far from that and likely isn't doing anything to influence the world or DO anything about poor treatment of animals that I just don't think this is worth the time to write a protest letter. Nobody is going to change their mind about mills because of these cards. I think Karen might be right that it might not even mean 'mill' the way we consider it. For all we know it might mean "Put love into the puppy making machine and you get a doodle" or a beagle or a weiner dog! Because dogs are full of love. Or who knows what?

[F, Calla & Luca]

I did read about the pedophilia book and I was surprised amazon let it on the site to begin with. I agree that was far more egregious.

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

OK So my choice of words wouldn't be appropriate content here but I am sure you can all imagine.

I had to CALL CAFE PRESS and ask them what the &**^$#^ they were thinking? Of course the agent was CLUELESS but gave me to the phone number to their corporate "CONTENT USAGE DEPARTMENT". I got a recording and the option to leave a message, which I did with what I thought and my full name and phone number.

1- 650-655-3104 - CONTENT USAGE DEPARTMENT
Cafe Press General Number - 877-809-1659.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Way to go Denise!! You are the Go-To-Gal!! I sent an email and they PROMISED they would respond within 24 hours. So we'll see..

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

Regardless if they have it on their website and selling it they should not be making a profit over something as awful as a Puppy Mill. Good Lord.

[cheryl & oliver]

I think this is disgusting, and I don't care if they do use everyother dog breed on the planet...Love and puppy mills should NEVER be used in the same sentence or said in the same breath....I am sending an e-mail, and I am going to call them also....

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I showed this to my husband. He did not see our responses and is not on here to be undated on the puppy mill situations like we are. He is well aware but not emotionally involved as much as we are. Here is what DH said:

"Oh, you put in love and you have a beautiful doodle", and he smiled.

Maybe this is how others are seeing this card? Maybe they are making fun of doodles , or the vogue dogs that encourage and promote puppy mills?

Don't know but there is an objected view from someone from the outside who loves a few cute doodles.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

I think that your DH is probably respresentative of most of the general population. But I know you are aware of the "charge" that the term " puppy mill" carries here on DK and in most of our hearts. I've been trying to think of another term that could have been used in its place on the card but everything else like "puppy factory" doesn't come across much better with me...

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

puppy shop? puppy maker? puppy mixer?